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JUMP SEAT VEHICLE. l No. 409,141.v Patentedl Aug. 13,' 1889.

FRANCIS G. DAVIS, OF VVATERTOVVN,

PATENT OFFICE..

NE\V YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE II. II.

BABOOOK BUGGY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

JUMP-SEAT VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,141, dated August 13, 1889.

Application led May 16, 1889. Serial No. 311.037. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, FRANCIS G. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Watertown, in the county of Jefferson and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to shifting seats of vehicles of that class commonly known as jump-seats, in which the .vehicle is converted into one having one, two, or more seats, and in which when one seat only is used the others will be concealed from view.

The objects of my invention are to improve the construction of this class of vehicles in 2o the matter of foldingthe seats, so as to effectually conceal from view when the vehicle is in one position certain features used when the vehicle is in other positions, to reduce to the minimum the number of parts necessary to perform such operation, and to thereby simplify and at the same time render more eiiicient the construction of the apparatus.

To these ends my invention consists ofthe larrangement of parts, as more fully herein- 3o after described and particularly claimed.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side view in elevation showing the vehicle-body arranged for one seat only 5 Fig. 2, a similar view, partly in section, show ing two seats back to back; and Fig. 3, a similar View with two seats fronting the same way.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the 4o body of the Vehicle, of any desired pattern and construction.

D is a double combination-hinge composed of a long arm E, having 'a knuckle at each end. The knuckle at the front end turns upon a pin f, having straps b and d', also connected with said pin. The strap d is bolted rigidly to the front end of the body, and the strap b to the under side of thefr ont seat. The knuckle of the arm E at the rear end is secured to a pin g, with a strap F also connected to said pin g. These hinges, with their arms and straps, are in duplicate and used to raise and close both the front and its back, which back also constitutes the iirst rear seat.

B is the front seat, the bottom of which is secured to straps h of hinge D. G, the back and Iirst rear seat, is secured to straps F of said hinge.

H is a lazy-back secured by rods to the front end of the back and seat G.

I is a rear seat supported on a solid frame composed of front uprights K, rear uprights K2, and bottom pieces K3, the front end of which frame is hinged at j to the railing K. The back uprights K2 rest on the bottom of the vehicle.

L is a lazy-back secured by rods rigidly to the seat I.

The operation is as follows: NVhen it is desired to arrange the parts, as shown in Fig. 1, with only a single seat and its back exposed to View, the back and seat Gbeing turned up vertically, the front seat B and the seat G are turned up on the front hinge D, and the rear seat I is turned over on its hinge-support j and, together with the lazy-back L, is placed within the bod yA. The front seat and back G are then turned down. Then it is desired to have the back G used as a seat, as shown in Fig. 2, the front seat B is raised and the back G is turned down on hinge F to a horizontal position, bringing the lazy-back H to a vertical position, .and in that position the back G is supported by the frame-work composed of the uprights K K2 K3. In this position the two seats are back to back.

Vhen it is desired to arrange the vehicle in the position shown in Fig. 3 from Fig. 2, with two seats fronting the same way, the front seat B is first raised to nearly a Vertical position, rear seat G turned vertically, or nearly so7 on rear hinges F, and then is further turned upward and forward on the front hinge D. The seat I is then raised and turned backward on its hinge-supportjl until it and the lazy-back L assume the position shown in said figure. The seat G is then turned back vertically, so as to bring the lazy-back H within the box and under the front seat I3, as shown in Figs. l and 3, and front seat B turned down over the saine.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. The combination, with a vehicle-body, of a lfront seat hinged tothe Vfront of said body and a rear seat and back also independently hinged to the front of said body,whereby said i` ront and rear seat may be independently raised to a vertical or nearly vertical position, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a vehicle-body, the hinge l), composed of the straps b d and the arm E,tl1e hinge F connected to said arm, the iront seats connected to the straps b, the straps d bolted to the body, and the rear seat and back G, secured to the hinges F, substantially as and for the purpose described.

The combination, with the vehicle-body, of the front and rear seat and back G, hinged independently to the front ot the body, the hinge F, to which said seat G is also hinged, and the rear seat I, hinged to the Vehicle atthe rear ofthe body, whereby when the front seat and seat G are raised and turned np the said rear seat I may be turned nnder the front seat, substantially as described.

i. The rear seat I, in combination with a supporting-frame composed of front nprights K, rear nprights K2, and bottom pieces K, and the railing K, to which the nprights K are l1inged,while the rear uprights rest on the bottom of the vehicle, and the lazy-back L, rigidly secured to the seat I, substantially as described.

5. In combination with the body, the rear seat and back G, hinged to the iront of the body, and'the rear seat I, provided with the 'framework K K2 K, whereby when the said seat G is lowered to ahorizontal position and the rear seat L is folded within the body the seat G will be supported on said frame-work, substantially as described.

G. In combination with the y'ehiclediiody, the front seat hinged to the front of said body, 111e rear seat and back G, also hinged to the front of the said body, and the lazy-back secured to the front end oi' said rear seat and back G, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRAN GIS G. DAVIS.

IVitnesses:

WAYNE B. CARLIsLE, J. E. FoLEY. 

